According to the District Police Office, Makawanpur, 45 absconding defendants have been arrested and produced before the court from July 1 to December 20 of the current fiscal year.
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Police on Sunday arrested six absconding defendants who were convicted by the court in vehicular homicide, check dishonor, and theft cases.
Police have arrested 49-year-old Bidur Sapkota of Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City-6 while he was hiding. The Makawanpur District Court has sentenced Sapkota to one year in prison and a fine of Rs 2,000 in a vehicular homicide case. Sapkota had been absconding for the past 14 months after the court's verdict.
Similarly, police have arrested 18-year-old Upendra BK of Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City-6. He had been absconding after the Makawanpur District Court had sentenced BK to three months in prison and a fine of Rs 5,000 in a theft case. Police had produced Sapkota and BK at the Makawanpur District Court on Sunday to recover the prison sentence and fine. The court has sent the defendants to Bhimphedi Prison to recover the prison sentence and fine, according to police.
Similarly, the police arrested Susmita Bohara of Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City-5, Asha Kumari Thapa of Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City-15, Ishwar Magar and Mithun Bal, who were found guilty by the district court in the cheque dishonour case but are absconding, on Sunday. The six arrested were arrested while hiding in their villages, said Pushkar Bogati, Deputy Superintendent of Police and Spokesperson of the District Police Office, Makawanpur.
The Makawanpur police have started arresting absconding defendants who have been found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment and fine by the court with the aim of implementing the court's verdict. Bogati, Deputy Superintendent of Police and Spokesperson of the District Police Office, Makawanpur, said that 20 absconding defendants have been arrested and produced before the court so far in the month of Poush.
According to the District Police Office, Makawanpur, 45 absconding defendants have been arrested and produced before the court from Shrawan to Poush 20 of the current fiscal year.
